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Well, that seemed like a decent tour of a very nice place. Although, I thought stadiums had tour in the off-season. I have relatives that have been to Target Field and I heard that it is also the greenest ballpark in the Majors. As far as #14 is concerned, I was at the Metrodome when that number was taken down by the person who wore it and I know it was a pitcher. So probably, it was indeed Hrbek. I am a ballhawk, so it is disappointing to hear that Target it unfriendly to people of our ilk. On the other hand, I would never pass up an opportunity to go there if it presented itself.

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Thanks. They do have tours of Target Field most days at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The problem was that I was on a business trip and was detained in a conference room from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Otherwise, I would have definitely taken the official tour. I definitely want to check out the inside of the stadium. Its beautiful from the outside.

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Its funny that you commented on the map. The day before traveling to Minnesota, I searched several online mapping sights and could not find it on any of them. Even on the Twins website, the maps just showed the parking lots (and even the old Metrodome), but not the field. When I checked into my hotel, I asked for a map of downtown and then asked the clerk where the stadium was located. it wasn’t pictured on the map that she gave me, but it said “Twins 2010 Baseball Stadium.” FYI, it is right across the street from the Target Center (basketball arena). Its really a great location and the city is really interesting.

A very unique ballpart tour report! I like the beautiful idea of ballpark gate identification by retired numbers of the home team. Far better than the ordinary consecutive numbers.
Oddly, I failed to locate Target Field in Google Map. A red pin mark does indicate its location in the bird-eye aerial photo image, but there is a huge parking lot around the mark and no diamond at all.

Nice photo tour, Todd. I did some similar touring of the Metrodome a few years ago, actually, and it’s always nice to just be around a new stadium even if there’s no game going on.
~Matthttp://bloggingboutbaseball.mlblogs.com/

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